Google + Local iOS Application Dead
Looks like Google just announced that they are killing Google + Local application for iOS. Well officially it will retire it on August 7th 2013....
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Search Engine Journal Dallas Meetup – The Local Social
July 24 update: Thanks to sponsor AXZM, we were able to drop ticket pricing to $35 (was $50). And it still includes dinner! Search Engine...
How To Get Personalized Shopping With Mobile Browsers
BloomReach, the big data company announced today a multidevice shopping experience that delivers custom content to mobile users. I had a chance to sit down with...
Moz Announces Meerkat Tool
Next up is Phil Smit talking about Mozscape, also known as Open Site Explorer. Talkes about 900 billion links are being indexed and 90...
Mozcon Day Two: Live Blogging!
Photo credit Trafficado Today we’re at Mozcon for the second day and we’ve got wifi! Today we’re talking about Video with Phil Nottingham and how...
Live From Mozcon
We are live from Mozcon today! Rand has taken the stage and taking about SEO and what’s going on in the industry. A multidiscipline approach...
Happy Independence Day!
July is a patriotic month for the United States of America! I wanted to take a quick moment and thank all of our readers that...
Top SEJ Posts For The Month of June 2013
Every month I like to take a moment to recognize the top authors and posts for the previous month. June went by so fast. Hopefully...
Happy Canada Day for Canada!
July 1st is a special day for our Canada readers. For those who aren’t from Canada, I wanted to not only wish them a Happy Canada...
This Week in Search: How Will Facebook Graph Search Impact SEO?
Last week I spoke about Blogging and SEO at Forumcon and had the opportunity to meet, a Facebook and SEO expert. This week in search...
AdStage Launches New Cross-Network Ad Platform Tools
I’m in the San Francisco Bay area and love seeing hot startups launch cool products. One of those cool products that I saw launch this...
Instagram Launches Video
Instagram adds video to feeds. They added filter effects to 15-second videos/clips that can be shared in your stream. This should be big news for...
This Week in Search: Social Media Impacts SEO
This week in search we talk about everything to deal with Social Media and how it impacts SEO. What is going on with Social Media...
Matt Cutts: Google Webmaster Penalty Emails to Include Examples of Bad Links
We’re here live at SMX Advanced in Seattle where Matt Cutts is on stage being interviewed. Matt Cutts said that Google Webmaster Penalty emails will...
DuckDuckGo vs Google (Impressive New Stats)
We’ve covered the DuckDuckGo vs Google war in the past… We know it’s not the closest race in the world but DuckDuckGo released some impressive...
Top SEJ Posts For The Month of May
Phew! What a month for the SEO industry and the SEJ during May! In this post I’ll be summarizing the top 6 articles. #1...
Big Apple Updates For Search Marketing Professionals
So I’m watching #WWDC today, Apples big event. Today they’ve launched a new Macbook Air, Mac Pro and among other things… iOS 7. You...
This Week in Search: Blogging Outreach
This week in search we talk about everything to deal Blogging Outreach and what you should be doing when contacting bloggers. We try and cover...
Exclusive: GinzaMetrics SEO Platform Gets New Features, Content Marketing Refresh
GinzaMetrics, one of the more comprehensive Enterprise SEO dashboards out there, has undergone a a pretty large feature makeover, adding new features along with improved...
What’s Next In Search – 2013
Over the past month I’ve been wondering what’s going to happen in the search world. I stumbled across this video and thought Marcus Tandler talks...
This Week in Search: Penguin 2.0 Video Update
This week in search we talk about everything to deal with Penguin 2.0. We cover everything you need to know to keep you and your site up...
BloomReach Launches Content Quality Metrics
BloomReach today released Continuous Quality Management (CQM) technology delivering ongoing web page quality visibility and management. If you haven’t checked out BloomReach, they are a pretty sweet...
This Week In Search – What’s Going On With Bing Search?
This week in Search we’re going to be talking about Bing and how’s it gaining market share on Google. We’ll also go into search behaviors...
Welcome Slobodan Manic to the SEJ Team!
We are super excited to announce that Alpha Brand Media, Search Engine Journal’s publisher, has a new CTO. Slobodan Manic is responsible for all things technical across the ABM...
Get Found First Acquires QualityScores
Industry news is important. If you want to stay up to date as the online advertising space evolves, it is critical that you not only...
April 2013: Best Of Search Engine Journal
Based on pageviews, here are the top 10 posts for the month. Congratulations to the authors! # 1. Local SEO in 5 Easy Steps By: Zain...
This Week In Search – What’s Going On With Links?
As part of SEJ’s focus on Search, we’re trying to put on a weekly Video series to help our readers know what’s better going on...
Search Engine Journal Hits 40K Facebook Fans
We would like to take time today to say thanks to our Facebook fans! You guys are awesome! For the latest news and Search...
This Week In Search – New Video Series on SEJ
So we’ve decided to start doing a weekly video series on SEJ about things that are happening in the search marketing industry. We’ll be trying...
Facebook Launches CPA Bidding
Facebook just announced that it will start allowing Advertisers to CPA bid. CPA is commonly known as Cost Per Action or Cost Per Acquisition to people in the Affiliate...